Jared B. Caplan | BuildSmart Effective December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized an update to its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry, emphasizing the importance of ensuring PPE fits properly. Clarifying the Need for Proper Fit The revised rule amends 29 CFR 1926.95, which outlines the criteria… Continue reading OSHA’s New PPE Fit Requirements for the Construction Industry
Month: January 2025
When Mere Objections Are Not Enough
Esquire Deposition Solutions It’s a common practice during a deposition for lawyers to assert legal objections to witness testimony but then allow the deposition to proceed. In fact, this practice is broadly encouraged. Depositions are wide-ranging pretrial inquiries that should, under normal circumstances, continue to their conclusion regardless of arguable legal errors that might have… Continue reading When Mere Objections Are Not Enough
Managing Extreme Weather-Related Delay and Disruption Claims on Projects
Mark Crossley, Tom Smith and Lee Wake | Hogan Lovells Key steps when making and assessing extension of time and cost claims for project delays and disruptions caused by increasingly frequent extreme weather events. A growing number of “freak” weather events, such as record temperatures, rainfall and wind speeds are leading to wildfires, heatwaves, floods… Continue reading Managing Extreme Weather-Related Delay and Disruption Claims on Projects
Summary Judgment for Insurer on Construction Defect Claim Reversed
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s granting of summary judgment to the insurer on a construction defect claim asserted against the insured. TIG Ins. Co. v. Woodsboro Farmers Cooperative, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 24003 (5th Cir. Sept. 20, 2024). In March 2013, Woodsboro Farmers Cooperative… Continue reading Summary Judgment for Insurer on Construction Defect Claim Reversed
The Legal Concept of Privity of Contract
Robert B. Nussbaum | Saiber Construction Law Column The legal concept of “privity of contract” is a common law principle which provides that only parties directly involved in a contract can enforce its terms or be held liable for its obligations. This means that third parties generally cannot enforce a contract, even if they were… Continue reading The Legal Concept of Privity of Contract